Comparison of Disease Patterns and Outcomes Between Non-Japanese and Japanese Patients at a Single Tertiary Emergency Care Center in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Japan's historically low immigration rate and monolingual culture makes it a particularly interesting setting for clarifying non-national medical care. Our study objective was to examine disease patterns and outcome differences between Japanese and non-Japanese patients in a rapidly globalizing nation.

Methods

A secondary data analysis of 325 non-Japanese and 13,370 Japanese patients requiring tertiary care or intensive-care unit or high-care unit admission to the emergency department at the Tokyo Medical and Dental University medical hospital from 2010 through 2019 was conducted. Multivariable linear and logistic regressions models were applied to examine differences in percentage of diagnosis, mortality rates, and length of stay, stratified by Glasgow Coma Scale

SUBMITTER: Ishii E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8761568 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature